Senior Systems Engineer, Fail Operational Capabilities
Leads the design and delivery of fail-operational mobility capabilities spanning vehicle, autonomy, and operations systems. The role requires 8 years of engineering experience, a bachelor's degree, complex hardware/software integration expertise, and strong systems documentation and cross-functional leadership skills.
196k – 236k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEOther
About the role
Responsibilities
Lead the design of fail-operational behaviors, balancing safety, reliability, and operational efficiency.
Partner with the functional safety team to identify product risks and quantify fail-operational performance.
Own the design and implementation of features with Hardware, Software, Operations, IT, Safety, Manufacturing, and Validation teams throughout the entire V-cycle.
Create and maintain high-quality, verifiable requirements and model-based designs.
Decompose stakeholder input to drive clarity and precision for systems specifications.
Lead triage with cross-functional stakeholders for bugs and reported issues.
Requirements
8 years of engineering work experience.
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or Physics.
Experience designing complex systems that integrate multiple hardware and software components.
Solid understanding of full hardware/software development lifecycles.
Demonstrated ability to deliver technical documentation, including context diagrams, requirement decomposition, and presentations.
Proven leadership, organization, and communication skills.
Nice-to-Haves
Experience designing fail-operational or safety-critical systems.
Experience with software development and architecture principles.
Experience with requirements management tools such as Polarion, DOORS, or Jama.
Experience with MBSE tools such as Cameo, MagicDraw, or CATIA Magic.
Skills
Systems Engineeringfail-operational systemsfunctional safetyhardware/software integrationrequirements managementmodel-based systems engineeringpolariondoorsjamacameomagicdrawcatia magicSoftware Architecturetechnical documentationsystems verification
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